US10321288B2 - Method for managing applications in a secure element - Google Patents

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US10321288B2
US10321288B2 US15/769,145 US201615769145A US10321288B2 US 10321288 B2 US10321288 B2 US 10321288B2 US 201615769145 A US201615769145 A US 201615769145A US 10321288 B2 US10321288 B2 US 10321288B2
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    • H—ELECTRICITY
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  • the present invention relates to methods of managing applications in secure elements. It relates particularly to methods relating to how the selection of an application is carried out.
  • a secure element is a tamper-resistant device which is intended to be hosted in a machine like a mobile phone, a connected device, or any host machine requiring secure computing.
  • a secure element may be removable like a Universal Integrated Circuit Card (UICC) or a secure memory card.
  • a secure element is generally a hardware-based component.
  • a secure element may be welded to its hosting machine.
  • a secure element permanently associated with its host device is called embedded secure element.
  • a secure element may contain an application intended to be called by the connected hosting machine or by a distant machine.
  • a secure element may contain computing means (like cryptographic services) or a secure storage means intended to be used by the connected hosting machine.
  • a secure element can comprise several applications. To simplify access to applications, the principle of implicit selection has been defined. When an application is implicitly selected on a communication interface, an external device can send commands directly to the application, without to explicitly select the targeted application. For example, many deployed contactless readers in transport domain assume that the relevant application is already active and selected when starting a transaction with an application embedded in a secure element.
  • the GlobalPlatform Card specifications v2.2 defines the “Implicit Selection parameter” (tag ‘CF’ defined at ⁇ 11.1.7) allowing to declare an application as being implicitly selected for a contactless interface. Nevertheless, the GP 2.2—Amendment C v1.1.1 standard specifies that only one application can be installed with the “Implicit Selection parameter” for a communication interface.
  • An object of the invention is to solve the above mentioned technical problem.
  • An object of the present invention is a secure element comprising an operating system and a communication interface.
  • the operating system is configured to manage a plurality of applications which are simultaneously present and installed in the secure element and which are individually configured to be implicitly selected on the communication interface.
  • each of said applications may be individually activated and the operating system may be configured to deny a request of activation of one of said applications if another of said applications is already activated.
  • the operating system may be able to handle a command requesting both the installation of a new application configured to be implicitly selected on said communication interface and the activation of said new application.
  • the operating system may be adapted to install said new application, to configure said new application so that it is implicitly selected on said communication interface and to deny the activation of said new application if one application of said plurality of applications is already activated.
  • the operating system may be adapted to send, in response to said command, a warning code reflecting the partial fulfillment of said command when the new application has been installed without activation.
  • said communication interface may be dedicated to communication targeting a contactless device.
  • Another object of the present invention is a method for managing applications in a secure element comprising a communication interface.
  • a first application is installed in the secure element and is configured to be implicitly selected on said communication interface. The method comprises the steps:
  • said first and second applications may be individually activated and said method may comprise the further step:
  • said method may comprise the further steps:
  • FIG. 1 depicts a system comprising a secure element according to the invention.
  • the invention may apply to any type of secure element.
  • the invention applies to removable secure elements and secure elements soldered to host devices.
  • the invention applies to secure elements configured to be accessible via a NFC (Near Field Communication) channel.
  • NFC Near Field Communication
  • the invention is well-suited for applications in transit domain.
  • FIG. 1 illustrates the architecture of a secure element according to the invention.
  • the host device 11 is an NFC-enabled device (like a mobile phone or a wearable device for instance) comprising a NFC controller (named CLF) able to establish a NFC connection (shown as a dotted line) with the external device 80 .
  • the external device 80 may be a NFC reader.
  • the host device 11 also comprises a communication component 81 able to establish OTA (Over-The-air) or HTTPS session with a remote machine, like a MNO (Mobile Network Operator) TSM (Trusted Service Manager) or SEI (Secure Element Issuer) TSM.
  • MNO Mobile Network Operator
  • TSM Truste Service Manager
  • SEI Secure Element Issuer
  • the NFC controller may be replaced with a RF router.
  • the secure element 10 is embedded in the host device 11 .
  • the secure element 10 includes several communication interfaces.
  • the first communication interface 20 is connected to the NFC controller (or to the RF router) via a single wire and is able to exchange data with the CLF through the SWP protocol (Single Wire Protocol) as defined by ETSI TS 102 613 Release 7 and upper.
  • the communication interface 20 can be considered as being dedicated to communication targeting a contactless device because it is linked to the NFC controller.
  • the second communication interface 21 is connected to the communication component 81 .
  • the secure element 10 is configured to exchange data with the communication component 81 using SPI (Serial Peripheral interface) through the communication interface 21 .
  • the secure element 10 may be configured to communicate according to ISO7816 specifications through the communication interface 21 .
  • the secure element 10 may have a unique communication interface.
  • the secure element 10 comprises an operating system 30 .
  • Two transport applications 40 and 50 are installed in the secure element 10 .
  • the operating system 30 is designed to allow installation of several applications as being implicitly selected on the same communication interface. For instance, applications 40 and 50 are individually configured to be implicitly selected on the first communication interface 20 .
  • These applications 40 and 50 can be individually activated. When activated an application is able to receive a command, treat the command and generate a response. When disabled (i.e. not activated) an application cannot be triggered and treat any command.
  • the operating system 30 is designed to allow activation of applications. More specifically, the operating system 30 is configured to deny a request of activation of one application which his implicitly selected on a given communication interface if another application which his implicitly selected on the same communication interface is already activated.
  • a request for activating the application 50 is successfully performed by the operating system 30 .
  • the “CF” tag allocated to the application 50 is taken into account into associated installation/activation sequence accordingly.
  • the operating system 30 is able to handle a command 61 requesting both the installation of a new application configured to be implicitly selected on specified communication interface and the activation of this new application 60 .
  • the operating system 30 is adapted to install the application 60 and to configure the application 60 so that it is implicitly selected on the targeted communication interface.
  • the operating system 30 is also configured to deny the activation of the application 60 if another application is both implicitly selected on the same communication interface and already activated.
  • the operating system 30 will install the application 60 and denies the activation of the application 60 .
  • the operating system 30 is configured to send a warning code 62 in response to the command 61 .
  • This warning code 62 reflects the partial fulfillment of the command 61 .
  • the warning code 62 may contain the value 0x6200.
  • the invention provides a way to manage possible conflicts due to the fact that only one application, which is implicitly selected on a given interface, can be activated at a time.
  • two applications may be simultaneously active on the same interface: one application with the default selected parameter and the other one without the default selected parameter.
  • the secure element may comprise a proxy application (not drawn) which is the unique entry point associated with a communication interface.
  • the proxy application is in charge of forwarding incoming commands to the targeted application.
  • the applications reachable through the proxy application are managed according to the invention.
  • Head/Member application shall be managed as defined in GlobalPlatform specifications vs activation and deactivation mechanism.
  • Head/member application as defined in GlobalPlatform specifications are taken into account when it comes to Multi CF Tag.
  • a user just has to deactivate the currently default selected application and activate the relevant one for accessing the needed service.
  • This activation/deactivation can be performed through the conventional CRS (Contactless Registry Service) and CREL (Contactless Registry Event Listener) which are defined in GlobalPlatform specifications. There is no more need to uninstall/reinstall application.
  • the application may apply to any domain like payment, loyalty, Identity or service access. It may applies to applications corresponding to several countries, several markets or several business models.
  • the secure element may contain any number of installed applications.
  • the invention is not limited to NFC communication interface and may apply to any possible RF communication interface.
  • the host device may be any device able to embed a secure element.
  • the host device may be a tablet, a car, a laptop, a smart watch, a wearable device or a computer.

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